EMEA Entrepreneur. Kilian Eckle, Founder and CEO, RoofUz. With the increasing urbanization and eco-conscious living of people across the globe, the demand for sustainable and environmentally friendly practices in real estate, construction, and manufacturing has been more pressing recently than ever. One such innovative solution combined with digital processes in the modular construction of serial and sustainable roof extensions is wooden modules. This sustainable construction approach increases the living space of rooftops and empty roof spaces, making beautiful and durable penthouses or apartments. This method also fosters and ensures environmental responsibility by using and reusing renewable materials like wood and clay. Leaning toward off-site manufacturing facilities under prefabrication construction, houses, rooms, or any construction design for rooftops and penthouses using wooden modules reduces expenses, project and construction time, materials and resources used, and manual labor. While also adhering to energy efficacy standards, building regulations, and certifications, the countries across Europe, especially Germany are rapidly adopting such construction practices to ensure sustainability and green building initiatives for urban developments.
In this article, we shall explore how a Berlin-based company – RoofUz has been redefining rooftops with sustainable prefabrication construction using wooden modules as a solution in serial roof extensions to bring rooftop revitalization to empty roof spaces and boring rooftops in urban cities. The article will also shed light on RoofUz’s Founder and CEO – Kilian Eckle, who founded and established the company in 2022 in Berlin, Germany.
Kilian Eckle – The Man Behind Making Construction and Building Sustainably Easy at RoofUz:
Kilian Eckle, a business economist, disruptor, and expert in the digital tools and sales department, founded and established RoofUz in 2022 in Berlin. Kilian wanted to redefine empty and boring roof spaces and rooftops of buildings in Germany by using sustainable modular construction for serial roof extensions. By opting to use efficient, durable, and reusable wooden modules, the founder’s main goal is to learn how to better deliver living spaces on rooftops each time in a quick, complete, and cheap way.
Kilian, who has a Diploma in Management and Economics from the EBC – Business School, has a career that includes working in various managerial and high-profile positions in different companies. From Assistant CEO, District Chef, Manager of International Business Development, Owner, CEO, Consultant, Business Development Manager, Project Manager, Founding Partner, Business Angel in the Tech Sector, and Board Director Member.
“After all, the analog is what makes the world exciting and with living in. Digital tools are an essential means to an end.” – Kilian Eckle, Founder and CEO at RoofUz.
Kilian’s strategy has established a certain system at RoofUz where the prefabrication construction of roofs is integrated with digital processes, facade elements, and cross-trade. This combination of digitalized and standardized processes provides an innovative solution and approach, and with much-integrated planning right from the start or initial stages involving owners, experts, architects, and other like-minds, proves to significantly cut down on time, effort, and expenditures throughout and at the end of the project.
By sustainably converting attics and urban rooftops into beautiful, livable, and energy-efficient living spaces, Kilian and his highly professional team at RoofUz opt to integrate a digitalized approach that connects builders, owners, and construction experts via their online platform. The use of wooden modules and clay is more sustainable and reliable than concrete which has turned buildings across the globe today into just an unhealthy, dense, and grey concrete jungle.
RoofUz – Offering Practical Solutions That Transform Your Rooftops Into Livable Spaces:
Sustainably transforming and converting rooftops into livable spaces not only increases the property and building value but also ensures sustainability right from the top. With roof renovations through serial roof extensions, building owners can transform their empty and boring roof spaces into apartments or modular penthouses.
RoofUz sources its prefabricated materials and renewable resources from factories so that construction processes can be started and results transported and delivered within the project deadline, quickly and professionally. With expert knowledge, advice, and implementation of individualized and owner-desired spaces, RoofUz delivers high-quality, professional, and sustainable prefabricated apartments and spaces, whose materials are mostly reusable again, promoting sustainable development goals.
Committing to sustainability and adhering to ESG goals, RoofUz carries out all of its operations, processes, and systems from the start to the end and optimizes it for ecological, social, and economic sustainability. Prioritizing the Planet, the People, and Companies, four of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals are followed by RoofUz, namely, Goal 7 -Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 11 -Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 12 – Responsible Consumption and Production, Goal 13 – Climate Action.
RoofUz, which uses sustainable building techniques like wooden modules through serial roof extensions ensures speedy and quality-controlled prefabricated constructions in controlled environments eliminating community and occupant disruptions; encouraging precision-focused construction standards; implementing cost- and time-effective construction strategies; consistent use of renewable resources; and versatile customizations of residential, commercial, and industrial buildings.
Although the continuous cutting of trees is not encouraged anywhere, the sustainable strategy that RoofUz in Berlin and other companies like it adopt practices where they source their wood from managed and controlled forests, ensuring biodiversity and uninterrupted ecological balance. Certain certifications like the Forest Stewardship Council – FSC and the Program for the Endorsement of Forest Certification – PEFC, ensure wood for prefabricated construction is responsibly and legally sourced.
Looking forward to the future of sustainable construction practices in Germany and across the world, RoofUz which is funded by the European Social Fund and the State of Berlin, includes an international and cross-functional team that contributes to design, architecture, planning, digital processes, tools, consulting, and craftsmanship. With a mission focused on “creating uninhabited roofs as a contribution to the smart city and a sustainable life without borders in all directions,” Kilian Eckle has established RoofUz in such a way that respects and integrates core values in respecting and believing in the craftsmanship and historical building structures of Germany. Kilian looks forward to working on dream projects like Big Ben, the White House, the Great Wall of China, and the Eiffel Tower.